Charges Laid in GTA Handgun Investigation

An illegal handgun investigation in Toronto has hit close to home for us here in the Niagara Region.

Toronto Police say they have charged a 50 year old woman for trying to smuggle guns over the Peace Bridge Border in Fort Erie on October 31st. They say she hid 25 handguns in the gas tank of her vehicle.

Officers also charged three other men who they believe were involved in illegal handgun sales in the GTA.